Shloka 44
Śatarudrīya-prabhāva and Rudra’s Supremacy (शतरुद्रीयप्रभावः)
नष्टादित्ये तथा लोके तमोभूते नगात्मजे । तृतीयं लोचन दीप्त॑ सृष्टं मे रक्षता प्रजा:
naṣṭāditye tathā loke tamobhūte nagātmaje | tṛtīyaṁ locanaṁ dīptaṁ sṛṣṭaṁ me rakṣatā prajāḥ girirājakumāri ||
Wika ni Maheśvara: “O anak na babae ng Bundok, nang maglaho ang araw sa daigdig at kumalat ang dilim sa lahat ng dako, iniluwal ko ang aking naglalagablab na ikatlong mata upang mapangalagaan ang mga nilalang.”
श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine power is portrayed as arising for the protection of beings and the restoration of order when the world falls into darkness; authority is justified ethically by guardianship (rakṣā) rather than domination.
Śiva addresses Pārvatī, recalling a time when the sun disappeared and darkness covered the world; to safeguard creation, he manifested his radiant third eye.